this time, it was under president obama, and he had to make a decision. >> general motors and chrysler have just turned in their viability reports to the treasury department, and they both say the same thing. they can fix what's broken, but it will attack a lot more money. claiming they are leaner and moving to become healthier. chrysler and general motors are telling the government they need billions more to turn around their businesses. >> just think about that. in tough economic times, the guys that show up in washington say we need a whole bunch of money. kind of a gutsy call, wasn't it, to give them a loan when they had some problems. when it was all said and done, the federal government provided $80 billion to general motors and chrysler, and their suppliers. to do what? well, save them. so they could have future turkey dinners at home and happiness over the holidays. and our economy as a whole has profited from it. $49.5 billion of that money went right to general motors. the federal government announced that it has sold off all of its remaining shares in government motors. or e